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title: so the spell froze the enemies mid-climb, right? — Old Tales, Virgilius, part 65: Virgili… · tree and pragmatics
description: so the spell froze the enemies mid-climb, right? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1814 «Old Tales, Virgilius, part 65: Virgilius frees a spirit, gets the magic books, and faces his foes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 6 · ★ · Old Tales, Virgilius, part 65: Virgilius frees a spirit, g…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so the spell froze the enemies mid-climb, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** spell · **What happens:** freeze · **To what, where:** enemies mid-climb

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1814 «Old Tales, Virgilius, part 65: Virgilius frees a spirit, gets the magic books, and faces his foes» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1814-pg641-part65/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1814-pg641-part65:t6:1
# text = so the spell froze the enemies mid-climb, right?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	froze	freeze	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	enemies	enemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	compound	_	_
7	mid-climb	mid-climb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
9	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | past | the spell | the enemies mid-climb |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient mid-climb=Result |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, some were halfway up the ladders

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1814-pg641-part65:t6:o1:1
# text = Yeah, some were halfway up the ladders
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	halfway	halfway	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ladders	ladder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | up some ladders; halfway *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, some were halfway up the ladders while others were still marching toward the river bank

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1814-pg641-part65:t6:o2:1
# text = Yeah, some were halfway up the ladders while others were still marching toward the river bank
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	halfway	halfway	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ladders	ladder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
9	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
11	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	still	still	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	marching	march	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	acl	_	_
14	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | up some ladders; halfway *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **march** | past · progressive | others | some ladders *not said here* |  | the river bank | still |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent ladder=Theme toward bank=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, the spell only froze the officers at the front of the column who were riding horses

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1814-pg641-part65:t6:o3:1
# text = Nope, the spell only froze the officers at the front of the column who were riding horses
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	froze	freeze	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	officers	officer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	column	column	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
16	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	riding	ride	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	acl:relcl	_	_
18	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | past | the spell | the officers |  | the front of the column |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient officer=Result |
| 2 | **ride** | past · progressive | the column | horses |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, they were trapped at the gates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1814-pg641-part65:t6:o4:1
# text = Nope, they were trapped at the gates
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	trapped	trap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trap** | past · passive |  | they |  | the gates |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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